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 peace, which tranquillizes and gladdens every affection, is seen outwardly in that "beauty of holiness" which accompanies the words and actions of the man of God.

O Lord of heaven, teach us all to know and to feel that peace is the blessed state of celestial love ruling within, and beauty is that outward expression of countenance, in which may be easily traced intelligence and wisdom, intermingled with love and charity. The love of goodness is celestial peace, while the love of wisdom is beauty itself. The wicked are strangers to all heavenly bliss; for "there is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked." (Isa. xlviii. 22.)

OME now, O my soul! enter into thy closet into the inmost thoughts of thy life; and when thou hast shut thy door after thee, or excluded all worldly influences, enter into deep meditation on the love of thy Creator, who, for the everlasting good of all, became, in mercy, the Redeemer and Saviour of a lost and sinful world. O gracious God! thy Word has luminously pointed out the great, the important distinction to be made between Redemption and Salvation. Help us to see and to feel the truth that none can redeem but He who did create, and none can save from death but He who restores the soul, and leads in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. "Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer, thy name is everlasting." (Isa. lxiii. 16.)